
Musings about history, memory, and how we got this way. Focus on Hyde Park, Chicago, and the experience of 20th Century America, especially during World War II. Sent out weekly (mostly). You can choose which section you follow if you don't want both.
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This is a third look at the busy stretch of Stony Island Avenue where the Obama Presidential Center sits. It may have felt like a quiet residential stretch interrupted by empty lots for decades, but it wasn’t always that way.
The 1893 Worl...
Before I finish the saga of Stony Island Avenue, I’m interrupted by preparing for the Hyde Park Garden Fair!
Next weekend is the Annual Hyde Park Garden Fair, Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17 at the Kimbark Shopping Center, 53rd Street be...
Of course, in 1890, everything changed on the South Side. Once the U.S. Congress settled on Chicago and the Board of Managers settled on Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance, South Side real estate went nuts.
Regular stores and houses ha...
The Obama Presidential Center is opening next month, but this isn’t the first or even third time that Stony Island Avenue between 56th and 67th Streets has been a destination.
The avenue starts at 56th Street, forms the western boundary of...
Check out Part I about the Masque of Youth.
To recap briefly, the threatened upgrade of Ida Noyes Hall to overlay it with the David Rubenstein Commons has prompted me to detail the original building and its features because these days pre...
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I retired and this happened--writing about the history around me and sometimes gardening. I have two substacks--one about Hyde Park Chicago History, the other about my larger project (me, my family, World War II).
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